Thursday, August 11, 2016

With New York’s
passing of a true Clean Energy Standard this week that supports both renewables
and nuclear, Exelon Generation has agreed to assume ownership and operations of
Entergy Corporation's James A. FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in Scriba, New
York. This will save 7 billion kWhs of carbon-free
electricity a year, $500 million for the local economy, 600 high-paying
direct jobs and over 1,500 indirect jobs. It should serve as
a guide to other states, especially Illinois, that are facing similar
conundrums of warped markets closing carbon-free nuclear plants and threatening
each state’s carbon goals and local economies.